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clapperclawed

clapperclawed is the simple past and past participle of clapperclaw.

Meaning of clapperclaw

Verb

clapperclaw (third-person singular simple present clapperclaws, present participle clapperclawing, simple past and past participle clapperclawed)

  1. (obsolete) To fight and scratch.
    • Steady, Birds! present your beaks! in double time, charge and attack,
      Pounce upon them, smash the potlid, clapperclaw them, tear and hack.1909, John Hookham Frere translating Aristophanes, Acharnians
  2. (obsolete) To abuse with words; to revile; to scold.

Questions about clapperclawed

What is clapperclawed the simple past and past participle of?
Clapperclawed is the simple past and past participle of clapperclaw.

Words near clapperclawed in the dictionary

  1. clapperboard
  2. clapperboarded
  3. clapperboarding
  4. clapperboards
  5. clapperclaw
  6. clapperclawed
  7. clapperclawing
  8. clapperclaws
  9. clapperdudgeon
  10. clapperdudgeons
  11. clappered

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